8-K

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 6, 2002

GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	1-12983	06-1398235
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

4 Tesseneer Drive
Highland Heights, Kentucky 41076

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code

(859) 572-8000

Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address,
if changed since last report)

ITEM 5. Other Events

     Pursuant to Commission Order No. 4-460, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of General Cable Corporation each delivered to the Commission on August 6, 2002 statements under oath regarding facts and circumstances relating to certain of General Cable Corporation’s Exchange Act filings. The statements are attached as Exhibits 99(a) and 99(b).

ITEM 7. Exhibit Index

     The following exhibits are filed herewith.

Number	Title
99(a)	Registrant’s Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
99(b)	Registrant’s Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION
Date:	August 6, 2002	By: /s/Robert J. Siverd Robert J. Siverd Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

- 2 - EX-99.A 3 l95707bexv99wa.htm EXHIBIT 99.A

Exhibit 99(a)

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND
CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

     I, Gregory B. Kenny, Chief Executive Officer of General Cable Corporation, 4 Tesseneer Drive, Highland Heights, KY 41076, state and attest that:

     1.     To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of General Cable Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

• no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

• no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

     2.     I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s Audit Committee.

     3.     In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

• General Cable Corporation’s Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15d of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 29, 2002;

• all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of General Cable Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

• any amendments to any of the foregoing.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2nd of August, 2002	/s/ Gregory B. Kenny Name: Gregory B. Kenny
	Date: August 2, 2002
/s/ Julie A. Dollenmayer Notary Public My Commission Expires: August 1, 2005

EX-99.B 4 l95707bexv99wb.htm EXHIBIT 99.B

Exhibit 99(b)

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND
CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

     I, Christopher F. Virgulak, Chief Financial Officer of General Cable Corporation, 4 Tesseneer Drive, Highland Heights, KY 41076, state and attest that:

     1.     To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of General Cable Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

• no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

• no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

     2.     I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s Audit Committee.

     3.     In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

• General Cable Corporation’s Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15d of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 29, 2002;

• all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of General Cable Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

• any amendments to any of the foregoing.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2nd day of August, 2002	/s/ Christopher F. Virgulak Name: Christopher F. Virgulak
	Date: August 2, 2002
/s/Julie A. Dollenmayer Notary Public My Commission Expires: August 1, 2005

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EX-99.A

EXHIBIT 99.A

EX-99.B

EXHIBIT 99.B